
Thursday, June 18, 2015
ABB was awarded a contract by Bumi Armada Berhad to supply electrification and automation systems for an FPSO vessel for an Angolan offshore field. Bumi Armada will convert the former Armada Ali supertanker into the Armada Olombendo FPSO.
ENI is chartering the vessel.
The FPSO be positioned over the Cabaça North and Cabaça Southeast and producing up to 80,000 bpd.
ABB will deliver complete e-house solutions – which house medium voltage and low voltage switchgear – and systems for integrated electrical distribution, control, safety and power management, including ABB’s 800xA distributed control system.